Monday, September 12, 2016

Man accused of stealing 300,000 pennies from his employer

A man is accused of stealing about 300,000 pennies from his employer.
Police in Taylor, just outside Scranton, Pennsylvania, charged the man with burglary this week for allegedly stealing a steel drum filled with $3,000 worth of pennies that belonged to his employer.

Robert E. Napolitan, 34, of Scott Township allegedly wheeled the steel drum, which weighed more than 1,600 pounds, on a hand truck across a dusty floor at Pyne Freight Lines Inc. on Monday. Tracks through the dust and a trail of pennies marked his path.

Mr Napolitan had a key to the building’s back door and informed a company dispatcher he would be there late at night to remove parts from a disabled Dodge Durango. Security camera footage captured his white Jeep Cherokee pulling in at 2:30am on Monday but did not show he worked on the Dodge.